News & Developments: Bowden TOD

[Will]

One of the first apartment blocks has been released:

http://www.lifemoreinteresting.com.au/l ... _Board.pdf

[Nathan]

One of the first apartment blocks has been released:

http://www.lifemoreinteresting.com.au/l ... _Board.pdf

Not the first. 56 Seventh Street and Bowden Seven are both apartment buildings, and were part of the very first release (and are both completely sold and commencing construction)
http://www.lifemoreinteresting.com.au/l ... lling.html

[Will]

One of the first apartment blocks has been released:

http://www.lifemoreinteresting.com.au/l ... _Board.pdf

Not the first. 56 Seventh Street and Bowden Seven are both apartment buildings, and were part of the very first release (and are both completely sold and commencing construction)
http://www.lifemoreinteresting.com.au/l ... lling.html

I never said it was the first.

[Nathan]

This is certainly out of the blue. From what I can tell, there's only two lots left for terraces in the entire development, according to the urban design guidelines (both adjacent, on the eastern side of Sixth street, opposite the Kevin Taylor Park).

Prince Charles charity to lead landmark Adelaide urban project and open South Australian office
http://www.news.com.au/national/south-a ... 6749255160

A BRITISH charity established by Prince Charles is poised to lead a landmark urban development project in South Australia.

In an Australian first, the Princes Foundation for Building Community, will team up with the State Government to develop the "exemplar" housing scheme in Adelaide's west.

The Advertiser can also reveal that the foundation, one of the Prince of Wales' main charities, will open its first office outside of the United Kingdom in SA in the near future.

The trust, established by the Prince in 1986 to promote a "return of human values to architecture", and Renewal SA will build homes in Bowden.

Officials said the six terrace houses would "demonstrate attractive, low-carbon and medium-density living" as part of a government drive for better housing and "best practice design".

According to the Housing in the City policy released today by Premier Jay Weatherill, it would also benefit the building industry, which would gain from "detailed design, pre-construction and construction work".

The project has been the subject of high-level secret negotiations for several months involving State Government bureaucrats, diplomats from the Agent-General's office at the Australian High Commission in London, and foundation officials.

But officials were left embarrassed on Tuesday when details of the project were published in the policy document before the agreement had been signed.

It is believed negotiations are still at a sensitive stage and it is understood the Prince has been kept informed of developments.

Some of the state's leading businessmen have also been sought out to be involved in the project, while the foundation's chief executive, Hank Dittmar, visited Adelaide in March.

The project's idea followed several meetings between former Premier Mike Rann and the Prince this year.

Sources said the Prince, who visited Adelaide last year with his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, expressed interest in urban redevelopment projects undertaken during Mr Rann's decade in power.

But his interest was "taken to the next level" following their talks and he helped launch negotiations with government officials about "how his foundation could be involved in another project" in South Australia.

The Advertiser revealed in June that Prince Charles had formed an unlikely friendship with Mr Rann, an avowed republican and Australia's High Commissioner to the UK.

Mr Rann and the Prince have a mutual interest in green urban issues.

The Prince was said to be a particular fan of Mr Rann's environmental views and their talks have centred on developing better green cities.

Palace aides say the foundation "teaches and demonstrates sustainable development placing community engagement at the heart of its work".

They say it brings planners, designers, builders, councils, community groups and governments "together to help create, support and evolve sustainable communities".

It is involved in more than 30 projects across Britain, the Galápagos Islands, Jamaica, Sierra Leone and Haiti.

The Prince has said of its works: "I am delighted that my Foundation combines education with championing community-building worldwide ... to create long-term, practical solutions to the communities in which we live".

A State Government spokesman tonight declined to comment, as did the Agent-General's office.

A Clarence House spokeswoman has confirmed talks had been undertaken about a possible foundation investment in a project in Australia.

[Xaragmata]

Apartments in Seventh Street - apparently they have sold well.
http://lifemoreinteresting.com.au/buy/
I gave up waiting for the PDFs to load









The pink dog gets around:

[peachy]

Hi all,

I'll actually be a future resident of this development and as such was invited to be apart of the 'Bowden Reference Group'. The BRG is run by RenewalSA and brings together people from the existing Bowden/Brompton/Hindmarsh community, future residents of the development and members of RenewalSA. The group meets once a month where RenewalSA gives an update on the development and takes on any feed back or issues re the development from the rest of the group.

For those interested I've attached the BOWDEN GENERAL ACTIVITY UPDATE sheet we were given at the February meeting which provides a good summary of what's happening behind the scenes with Bowden.

I'll try and post the update sheet each month.

Cheers
peachy

[peachy]

March's edition.

Cheers

[Norman]

Thanks for the updates Peachy!

[Nathan]

Interview with the project director of Bowden Chris Menz, on Monocle24's The Urbanist radio show:
http://lifemoreinteresting.com.au/radio ... ign=buffer

[ChillyPhilly]

March's edition.

Cheers

Interesting to read those updates. Peachy, I may be in touch in the near future about the public participation behind the BRG.

[peachy]

Interesting to read those updates. Peachy, I may be in touch in the near future about the public participation behind the BRG.

No worries.

Yes if people have comments/feedback they want raised at the meeting/with the group I can do this on your behalf.
A lot of the stuff in the meetings comes in under commercial in confidence so I may not be able to release information if you have specific questions, but when documents do become finalised for public consumption I'll endeavour to post them here.

Here is April/May's Update (because of Easter/Anzac Day/School holidays it was decided to combine these months)
-Note the new cafe 'Jarmers Kitchen' is to open mid-May at the Bowden Information Centre replacing Plant13 (for those looking for another excuse to visit the ~rapidly changing Bowden area).

[how good is he]

Can you find out what's happening with the big Raptis Fish Factory site on Port Rd Cnr Park Tce.. Could it be part of the development one day? Also with land for retail sites starting to be put up for tender is there any guidelines of what they want the end product to look like? Ie. like farmers markets, retail with apartments above (Mawson lakes), a shopping centre or something hopefully unique?

[Nathan]

Raptis Fish Factory isn't part of the development site, the rail line forms the boundary. But I think zoning and hight limits have been changed to allow for a landmark building on the corner.

One of the plant buildings will be repurposed for a produce market (with the market square in front). The rest will follow the urban design guidelines for the development.

On a side note, notice for inspections and settlements have been sent out for some of the buildings in the last few days, so expect some residents in the first week of July (yay!).

[Nathan]

Also, at risk of outing myself, I had a chat with the BikeSA magazine in the Advertiser a week ago about moving to the area, and riding my bike. Plus you can see the new community bike service area outside Jarmer's on Fifth St.

[ChillyPhilly]

Raptis Fish Factory isn't part of the development site, the rail line forms the boundary. But I think zoning and hight limits have been changed to allow for a landmark building on the corner.

One of the plant buildings will be repurposed for a produce market (with the market square in front). The rest will follow the urban design guidelines for the development.

On a side note, notice for inspections and settlements have been sent out for some of the buildings in the last few days, so expect some residents in the first week of July (yay!).

Raptis will be developed later on. The tallest height proposed for Bowden (15 storeys from memory) will be on the Raptis building at the corner of Port/Park.